Albany's state legislature approves a $254 billion budget, increasing state spending by $12.3 billion, with tax rebates and ...

The governor announced that the state is part of a coalition pushing back against the cuts by filing a lawsuit against the federal government.

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a $254 billion budget deal with Senate and Assembly leaders that kept her plans to distribute ...

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Thousands of pages of bill language that make up the budget will be released beginning Tuesday evening, meaning the public ...

Governor Kathy Hochul once again touting her "bell-to-bell" cell phone ban which is included in the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget ...

Illinois has a Democratic trifecta and a Democratic triplex. The Democratic Party controls the offices of governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and both chambers of the state legislature. As ...

The budget request was approved over the objections of Wake NCAE, which said the school board should not approve any cuts. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of ...